Greed: & Its Rewards (Sin Series)

By Drew Fetherston

You deserve this beautifully-illustrated exploration of the itch for riches from King Midas to software emperor Bill Gates. How rich was Croesus, anyway? And who should be credited with the 'most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966957334
• ISBN13: 9780966957334
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Red Rock Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Smart, Funny & Unusual

For a book that must have been written when dot-com stocks and NASDAQ were flying high and higher, this shows extraordinary insight. Mr. Fetherston looks at many gold rushes and stock bubbles and how they went bust, and concludes that the high times of the beginning of the 21st century will flatten, too. Even though I just read this book, it seemed ultra-current, and witty too.It's a real page flipper. Not only because the writing is smart, funny and to the point but also because the colorful art is so handsome. Some of it is really luxurious; other art is genuinely humorous. My favorite shows a designer-monogrammed coffin for the guy who really wants to take it with him.The author is wise but is not an I-told-you-so wise guy or snotty moralist. He understands why it's human nature to want money to grow and to accumulate some of the finer things in life. Moreover, "Greed" is full of the kind of curious little financial and historical facts that both start you thinking and make very good conversation tidbits.Highly recommended! It's a keeper.